Daily Richmond Whig. [volume], January 18, 1862, Image 2

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» petto! ue, ©o no dm* « nr \ to an ounce that la no ©a*e would
w* <rt»i«r % tuWribyi ’• ua'nr on ur boofca unl«ro< the order for the
w«« accompanied by the money in pay for the earn* A llt
tl- exr»-r»©n • of '.he t!"©* ht« n^. on y ciaflratd uiln thla deter
* uv'lo* W ©oti.iHli uet** ■ ■»nv*i" to a I the anb#<“-.beri to
i s ITA . are*'} oa car books, bat n >cmatiy foreea u©to adopt
tha sta * rule In reward to > »m. ar l<a«t until th# time# will jaatl
f > * d Sereat ccaru To thl* rod we wi’l forthwith ©ommeuce th#
w -ft wttot o :? oar bilu from »h * !>*«:©, mad© out in toch
an sa l aa Wjil, w va pai!. piac ? m*h •nbter'her la advene© on
a • am if wMtocriwSon; anJ th t will tv <1 -• * \i to place each
eobecrther ■ MU -ef»w n m wi’hln the next three soothe. Onto#
let >f March, h-» nam**9 of all who ha© * not paid arecrdfn f
t*. tbeeo term* wU ►*© * -a©- I ina wur bo ka, and r*gul*rly 'here
,V-r da©’# n# toe wul h • •er't ti ou • >abacrlher* of th© expiration
of t.-.#tr sahw'ptloo j« a: an.! if k« co-r*< adopted wiih all, uni©-#
p • /-aw # ma 1 % Hell preeenralion com,©la Ihte «*oarae or e!a© It
w c.daotb* ado:' d.
Wmdfi nuikjU for Drill !*urpo«oo.
* 11 t'ie con irTj >-*e* o £u.-opo, young aspirants to
m tame ore iw©troc*e«1 rp*»n •onidl.M piano fortes.
T.tey are no ad* u 5 rer ard rattle away daily oxer the
d dut boowi of a.i ixutrumest for years, before they
vm> ttiowed lo tousj a perfec; piano. Absurd as this
m app*tr to Am tirar.s, when they are p'uCv*d before
a Stan i K'rmrL the? nar' acq'i'reJ a aooderful fuppie*
u -i of hag*., an 1 can master, at S'Ph*. the dlti u't
KMMhu of Beethoviu or Mecuedohnu. The art ot tei *
c C, too, though gineraBy atqured by foil* or walking
Macs, ia of cociiderabie importance to a msn *'"0'« hi -
nor h iigs him up in the fi.i J, in which erne it i* sup|X»
10 e that be m-gb; n*; a *tnall sword with *o:u- “dpcm
of ,«•!! The baronet ct.-ecise i* g nera'.'y taught with
a .»rml-i*s, y* ft p rr\j bayonet, having a button on t e
01J Way U it, t ten, that *olJ.cr3 cannot he instructed
ia i'-e nunuU of arms wi.iiou: a musket ? We know
,i it r* are s ml who will sxila at t8'!* droll sugget
tt ac-ocated as it i* wish militia mus'era aadcort
• a>kit bat,ij*:w of the state of affurs which the.
S >• ia; arift bn*» w: h it, it i* ro triflVg matter So hare
f. i ibe sirr cm ot h t* thonaitij weU-Jin.ipl.neJ troops.
V ■«, w» have an hiri’y far Vatic; that eowa JerafJp
IS! v lh-nti— troop*, volunteering far tht >err,
cate oi l refo -d by the War Department, oa account
ot having jo arm- —lo marb-tj to arm them wi:h.
Sip?mo three meu haf bleu accepted, placed it: tamp*
of iufittJhM, and thoroughly d*.lied in all h :1 1 more
maev\ could they not have bw iattractadis th* mac-Ji
o» a.-av with *«d Ut oeption of
J.-.wrg the ram n >r—vhich a B08
h\Vi—all the otovriaent* of *■
n try, and ij cue o! dr.d..g
** Mt bfiHKT* tu^T
act mm 3 htiot fir Shy th-''
cnised a like nuatbtr of w<
toeoaatcoatur. Wear
r * toward'
v; -, to be e it-l l to cop> euc^BBT^^^^im. U»d
1
r I; expire ia the Br ing, wju J hand over the r arm? ti
i aers a* wed drill-d u theme Ives, enured to tali the
cishitM of earn? lif ■, iaet- a 1 of to raw recruiu, acatct
• g- o*mg the right Iio from th. left. We sertia- y
c. hr a*'enHoo of the d arerutnent to this su> j .or, and
• re i’sxitv'ig if, have only to ask, is it too late to at
te J SO L coo *
Sami liar • »v -r Hu-!l>w>p»f re.
W • uudet*-a id that a u: 1 has Men ia'rod iced into
rv>agro** to pu the newspapers under surveillance cf tbo
V an riti-s.
We !i*rn that the provi-ions of the biil mske it a pr
d o5Tee. pu.ileh .Me hv fine and iutprieocri nt, fur
c r 'it'VgMpr ti pu ili-h infiiuiitiou of therumhtr. d -
; c-i ij j V jj-.r .-.neut* ot’ any ot the fora ** of th1 army
o* nary; or tue ca'ge or am;im'n’ of a.ir ve**** iu th*
-erkic >, or Lie d.*erip:ton of any battery, fort h
c« io - >r m ! ta.-y iu* -n; o I; or ot ary nig -*1 or d ig em
... ,*d or id-ini by the commanding officer of any
p?*;— Afrvmto -r.
.1 1. V Mru. I*, t »> 7 ..
men’ of the provisions cf the bill, ».' Jo rot see mv oV
j c .on so ire ad >? n:. Tor tnir.-v taerjwud is unim
jo'Cant to all bat V* aeee and persons of mnrbti curios
t. Wee tv j ni.de .. 1 rale 10 < xclide all tu:h matter
fr anjour columns, a-' i we think tbs Tinkles would be |
P-in'i 1 to rx.rau’. one crumb of comfort from any thirg
tr. t’ras been puY ■ ue i in thia paper, during the las'
i . u u'tub*. The btlt, therefore, will not Interfere with
— at ie. It It be confined to ibe points designated,
a il i > s sot directly nr uy implication restrict the free
<1 -u -iia o' pibl c men aui measures. Cot gresw, »f
p-e»;m ■, w'H taka care to gaud rffectively the public
!i-... » m :his resn,..*. There ia ro rue! y to fotieit •
!»ir;iol? of o»r Ire. Join Id carrying on this war. Any
i f a .proaehit’T h enpeann* e th-* I.'nealjj d- spot'sm
u» >-g as, wc iil :»-»l zt the energies of our people end
b ■ .’.tended wi h tMssdtatatraas r< silts. Congrteicaa
t be wo c.miens on a matter of ro much importance
s' "Op > rtmity m<7 d-velope tie disposition *o grirp at*
b .ary pacer; ajd w* may have as oiioas, it not *s die
g.-ii/, atyrrnry .u that of the Baboon ut Washington.
A : ou e» of p-even’un * worth a pound of cure. But
w • r. f> xi, with our ’.n.Iers’andirg of the summary as
g. i ahsve, wo 1.5 "bjsctioa t*e the Mil, except that
it sty be too Ute to ttT.et any good. Perhaps more
'»< d>:.s u* bafli i the eueoii iu another direelioi .
sitin ia v, r« genrral, that tb«re are paid spi*=
it*'" !' -•r-".ts o! the Confederate lior
■ hao# 'ibthsf.g on the m‘j wt our.elvie.—
““M rtspiciou. cirmnuianco*, of ttc
'ide :t Dtvh ksperbtjat a better judge
he is •iii-fsl that tht re are -pha
1 cant o’, d. t ct them, be esn rc»,u
jtt.c pace 1 n fer mitt kief, by
v plunallon.
on’i Card, at d hasten to
which I fell into e. ror,
the itj'ittiej done to Co',
vu Informed byamigb*
e:ii, that th* jropo ition, as
wsa informed b.- a member
cd several tumbe-s of thu
no: verify or r. fate the
% the statement was so J Is
J, that I did not doubt i|.
that Col. A. was it flu
I hrd nevar heard,
interest in iron wrrk*.
against extortioners, he
oud him into
%ammtmmamrn’hmemrmmmmmmmSSSSSSS^
from partial an 1 opprrfcivo legislation. The Coinmia
.»rj D .-partner t has closed again -1 thorn a fair and '-pm
mnket, as far m t could; but some person* seitn still U)
apprehend that . ry may get too much for their gTain
bv creating a home dem,n-t, and therefore propcsi a
tax on distilleri s. This ox will be in eube'raction to
the price of grt iu, aud consequently, to that extent, a
ux upon the f*ro-'r.
M'jor Rjtha, io his Card, hai not stated "bat
F our Con.ract w, 1 deter auy thing on that snbjeot, until
I can look into it. A- MOSELEY,
Ftsn Pont), Jxo. 18, ISt.i.
flsaeof the Tinea.
The refusal of th .Northern binka to lend the GariUa
G ireromeut any ••. re money—their suspension of apr
ci« payments—the p.-ates-ing of its own paper by the
Sib treasury—t ie uuwillit gLeas of the Yankee Congress
to !ay a dircot tax. and th. ir inability to “raise the wind"
in any other way—the resignation of the Secretary of
War_the inactive Sla c of their armies—and the earucet
d s.-ontent manifi-cd by their journals, are til sigus of
the times, that poi.eud any ti iug cUo but speedy succces
to the anxious c (farts of O.e Daba to “recocupy the forts
and other p'aces b -lODgiig o the Federal Gjvernmetit"
aud to induce tb9 ‘treatons’ili combinations’ to“disperso.’’
A few ex.ructs liom Nor.hern cewspipirs will show
something of the i went temper of the Yankee mind —
We begin wi'li tl clrri.g p iragraph of a late article in
the New York 7! nunc, ;n which the beuevolent Greeley
has been conteuiling that it Ls u.eesaary to utilize a cer
ta n sp-cies of Soutncru property, in the subjugation of
th* rebel*. I{e .:ocdudc3 as follows:
In is time this war were brought to a close. We can
ml go on t pending ’minty if the yrtttn! rail for *re«
r mi,n Ju longer. Ti e Dti.su io lavorabl- for military
meralions iu lue South: in the summer, much of JefTdom
is unhealthy for our No-th-rn troops. Foreign Powers
are not merely uneasy a: h • irth of i otton and ibi
failure ol murk » for tat . fihrics nus<“d by ihe war and
th. b'-ckad*; read th? m-ws from E .glind this morning
at c judt-e wheth - th f Bri: h Government desires to
are the Union broken up. .ow is the lima to end the
war, and the menu- are at tud. By the light o! burn
i g Charleston, the dul'-’s i»y r.'..l the handwriting on
the will. Blifciy he* ton.aired to dieidi utid destroy
the republic; let it meet:I..- fate of llanian ' L t us
b uy t.-ca-on ir-l -lavery i t oomtaon grave, and thu*
g.-t rid of abel.ti'-.t*-i, ’ * ace’Ism," and ell other in
c/rtnra's t*» doue!lic s rit. Ii*w to tkia land if an
a.’A.r May find* k rtit'-.m ntill haughty and de/ant;
bo pal down by lb • ebon
ret method, so thit c ur b-ot era uow iu arms nisy return
to ;l eir families and their industry in the spring.
Th* next extract to which we invite attentiou is from
h Cincinnati V ■mmtreia!, a leading organ of Hogopo
U«. The idee seem to be working itself into the mind
of the editor that, after all t'ueir pretension and swag
... v.i__... „r
t»d eocculauog scoundrels, insensible to honor, without
a d. op of hero-blood in >*ir rein*, and as incapable of
fi ; .ling as the Ci.i ..se," We never saw a picture better
d-swn, ard w« fu'iv concur in the conclusion of the dir
'.reseed patriot, that it is quite tints they should “cense
p-e tending »o to great people, and subside to the place
o d:grad»tion tlnil claims meal," Says the Commercial:
The government must now uo one or two thi-g«—
tn ke peace or w r. We see no hope of an honorable
i d*- throug a successful war, and arc there*
:o-a iu favor cf p -ea- s the war. But there is one thing
0 elite i we arc l:r d — iniiuUJOauoe of on onoroious
o: itaty fotoe ter b.ncfitct contractors. It semis
tai.'Cs lo'e to or ••on e the inertia of our armi's There
i< no end ct rcr.tn -ta marching acroes the Ohio, the
L .u-si; ;i ar ! !’ c c. and de ctndrg upon the
3 then: coast, an i wo h.rJty hear of them after they
a a ch or sail, ciCf i r v'ncsnr.oissauccs atidhos
p. .1 lie's. T ere appevs to uc a michty Dead Sra into
w ch we are pot :.li out r- sources, tr b» lest in ever
iss-irg aarru'.io-'. . ran’4 do better tk in ikit, w
h k- to g sir. If it - are •• nation of imbecile*, coward*
a, i tpeen at ng teat-i re t.ineeruibU to honor, with.at
.1 'cop of kero .MS, and a* inctpibU of
1 k ingot ik: C ■ nee*, let <u craw pretending to be a
,-j • It people a-d I ■> ide to ike place of degradation tkat
. .... us Pern <t>s it »* arc n< t lit to be citixena wo
He* i Sis?egQUU - ^'hs$t+iJ*VrS.r 'iftc-Vr s~ 'The cotton
Ic .is of Aiaouma -u i Lit .• i«hirc would have noobjrc
ti•. a to rui ng over The one lias black niggers to
r. *•> cotton a. d ' ■* ther white niggers to spin it. We
h vs to uiegers, »:.d »r>, therefore, poor devils.
ijja McUklUn fats iitd pier tv of time since the 22)
j'iily, whtu he vs - c» d to W*i.hiugtor, to orgsuix1
: •• army and ore •. * it > do tm-tbiug. He h.s had
ti in enough cioc * Hon. f. 4' . wn so graciously shipped
to Europe, to mi cro his pins lor off nsive movements.
S w ih» p opla d •car .hot to do sotue’hrig or to abate
.!: ; retention. 1 there is any’hlcg aaf-1 a id mysteri
ous in the nutlet •:* ‘.bat we are of no account,
. • i: inform us. W*1 h»v bicu lol 1 tbat everything U
that we don’t hi l>vo i';
v. d it ia hard to be une taat then' is anything which ia
not ail wroig.
A other Cincinnati paper, the Titaee, »p akirg
of tbo act o; of its Linoola Ad;u uU'rition genera lv,
a 1 particuhr'y on tLe Mason ard Slidell aff.ir, says
Cod help th* neron if t,<ese things are to continue —
X t uuc caufes w • are loing our natienee. The Oou
wvsstoia! repor s rh >w'.bat the War D-pirtm'-nt, xt
ire t. is iu the hntniv of thieve*. Tke muterlg iuai'iti
to • f the Admin r'rati n it breien cull/ when it c me* to
b plnnder'tig ** the Ti'm«n Tue report of th* Con
gi.ssioesl inve- ig tJor thri'ls every hones
iu n with horror. I* .s the .juice: exposition of our na
tiuial hi wry.
It eahibi s a deer • of corrnptlon in «ia War and
K ivy D-par mept* no* i> cted in this critical Lour
f pu^iis tr*artiry i* : t hand* of thieves, whose on
Is so iritusis ia plund r if Congress was honest, is it
O'.^bt'o b->, 8 mot. Camei n would have been buried
f ota bia rftc ■ ia disgre-js: before this, and Fort Lalay
e • crow did wih the Weeds, the Cutuuitnr'fs, the Mot
g ius, an J ue hoar cl plum rera proved guilty by tue ui
r -.tigat.on. But even tbis t-rrible eibiuilion dues not
e-em to hare created a aeuattiou io Congress. Doc* the
p'nnder conspiracy -xtend cren there *
If tbe Adnimstrvion, wit i its miserable and almost
ntcl-rab.V army » tger.id.it, aurrend-r. Mi*onar.d
-I Jell, it wt* be the Its', hair on the camel's back Tbe
tiu.h must come, and the sooner it is spoken the bet
If- T ,e peep e can aOl an i »ill not support an Ad
ir'-ihtr itiou f at dsli.» Ueir confidence. All that i)
d ar to thorn— hom •, c.uatry, freed >m, peace—a now
at -uke. If there is no- a c anga la tbe Cabinet for the
h iter, and ihst me, they will demand a change of rCi
rvits, and enlorea Uiei# demand. Oace rousi the whirl
wind,'and it will rot “‘op artd It sweeps the whole Ad
nlnw rat ou into the Potomau.
The oh*-in -o< to l*« now opining, which without
inims ditto and tHorcu?’- reform, will engull the plun
ihre sof the G.vertuntu u th . hour of Iro.uas and 1
p,-il We k io«r nil it v ■ "s». and we proclaim it to the
l.aici’g Uelshtxatra, that the hand writing is oo the
will l"
That wouid he aef ■!—' > “ weep the while A imlnia
(ration into the Pj:o.im* r It migit get wet and 'akc
* sevene cold and dir; then wha* wwcj I the contract rs
d ? Wail uaul the Polemic is frcxcu-!
An Aitpcl loi’a. Volatile re.
Tun following jo at r. oleums were unanimous! r
pi-wc.J yesterday, by both ;!oua«i at the General A«
a tnils :
it mmas, Th» war iu defence of oar liberty aud idle
pence has heretofore been successfully conducted by the
ii .aa « d g/nerous vownteers, who, without hesitation,
« smo ierward at the first t tit .of their country lo co- •
,. . r ,;r di-- in i;« del' nee ; and the Gmcra! Asetmb'r
i! a *u abiding co’fi cue io the fortitude, courage and
patriotism of the Virginia Volunteers now in tbe /Mi),
an I docs no*- drub- ih r rradiaesa to con'inue in the
eiTv-ci-, when assured at tbit further sacrifice is ear
ns* ly d-sired, to aid L*. repalsing our insolent enemies
aud securing the sacred “Oil ol our country from the
tread of the invader
Jt tulft'l therefore, by the General Assembly, That
we earm a 1/ appeal to our Volnnteer forces to re enl st,
wl-h tbe a-suiancc ths Virginia will ever hold in grate
ful rein-mbrauce theii patriotic and disinterested services,
aud the G* nerul Ajaeti-bly will take care that all (heir
- onallc win-s ahail ue supplied, and their giievaaccs,
if s ir, ridreetod.
rtfMut!. Tti the < omuundaits be requested te »*•
'ura the cordial thank - of the General As-cmbiy to lha
forties under their ft-- • retire commands, for their geuer
ou*, bnve and pan tic c induct during this war, and
ciuse it to be male known in tbe several cimpinie-*
ih*'. in tbe opinion of the General Assembly, it ia of
the highest imperial co to the success of our cause that
they should at ones leenl a. and tbat the General As
giiib'y be promptly n irm* d of ths date and uumber of
bU. h revnlis-meats.
As»iVv-rf Tbv * city of the for-going resolutions be
imniedUttlf fumiat bv ihc Bouse of Delegates to
each eoiumiudaut of ths Virginia forces now in service,
with the r.qieet tbs', such comm mdaut cause tbu same
to be forthwith published to the forces under his cox
*
Mow Col DeYllllero KoeappA from Ike Kick,
■ill War Prison.
The following narrative wpptwra in the Holmes coun
ty Partner (Ohio) of January 2nd, t copy of which left
by the enemy, at Ramnev, in their U:e hurried evacu
wtiou of tbe lowness been sent ns by Capt. E. A. Shands.
The narrative is confusrd and evidently untrue in some
particulars, but will serve to entertain tbe reader:
auvx.vnais or a union crricsa who kscaran raou thi
RkBtLS.
Colonel de Villiers, of the Eleventh Ohio Regiment,
who was captured in Western Virginia, aud who made
his escape from Richmond, two or three months ago, de
tailed his experience in Cincinnati, a few evenings since.
By stealing an (ffietr'a hat und coat, and lying behind
the prison gate until be heard the counter sign, he man
aged to get the Ireedom of Richmond. His subsequent
adventures are thus detailed in the Comm.'retal’s re
port:
About s!x uiihs from Richmond he was encountered
by a guard, and to his challenge replied : “a friend with
out a couuterjicu." [Ue bid the precaution 'o lay the
Joule-barrelled chot-gur, whTch be had contrived to git
before he escaped from Uic'imord, down, befoie he ap
proach! d this guard ] Approaching, they asked him
where he was fiom and whither ho was going. He re
plied from Richmond to Pit.-reburg. They then »«kcd
why ho did not take tho railroad and he .’aid hi- mi sod
the cars. They took him in custody and nrncluu one
ou each side of him upon a narrow bridge, crossing a
stream near at hand. The situat on was desperate, but
he was dei> rmlned never to go back to Richmond alive ;
so wheo he got about tbe middle of the bridge he struck
o the right uud loft, kuccking oue of the guards on one
aide and the other on the other side, and giving them
both a goou swim 1 Thetice ho made his way towards
P.-tersLurg, subsisting for three days upon nothing but
raw beans, ‘‘which was not very good for his digestion ”
f'pou this tramp, a distance of sixty-five miles, he car
ried h e sk.ff .‘or crossing rivers, [a pine board,) upon his
shoulde.. During h.s travels, he was several litues shot
at. YV lien he got iu the neighborhood of Magrudei'a
lorces, bisjiardast titna b. gui. He tried to pa« senti
uels rever.il times, and at one liins he was twiee shot at
in quick succession. Ue shot ico. He oid not know
win thtr he hit tte two sentinels or not, but they never
an-wsrtd. But the whole brigade was loosed, and he
io.lt to the Jam e Kiver in what he udlrd his skill', name
ly, nie pine i o-.td companion. Hu landed ou the o'ber
aide iu a swamp, recros.-iue again near Jamestown, when
he lest his guu. Ue h id cast away hit otti cr’s coat, and
it may well be imagined what remaiued ot bid suit was
by this lime tuatv i-ncugh. Bo he took an open course,
aid asked lor work, tut like the poor men in ihe South
when ihty ask for worn, they are told to go into the ser
vice. Evtu the ladus do not look upon a young man un
lest he is in the a nice; viewed from th » test, thcio
Win more patiiuts in the South than in the North ; they
we-e ail soldiers old aid young
He hired with a Germ in H sek-tnith, at $!.&•> cents
per week, having concluded ui tern no awhile aud learn
louiethiug ul tbe condi:iou ol the rebel forces. He
stayed a fortnight, observing all the rebel tunvemeuts
At V.e i-xpiratiou of this lime he go’ tired cf black
sraithiur, and wanted to go home. He found a good
.. i*..:.. . ... ... i a mlw.sn ko t < 1.1 hie affirv vlrhnnt
reset vatiou. Tnia wa* of great service to him ; he led
him for nine days, the Celoncl havh g adopted another
Yankee trick, "aud made a blindinau ol him.-elf; be
couldn’t 6Ctf, aud the Gorman was his grade. Dropping
the Yankee French, he became a French tulj ct, and
waited to goo back to Frttnor, because he could not get
an? work to do fccae ; aud so he told Gen. Huger when
he got into his command. This General premised to
send him to Fortress Monroe w tb a flag of truce. The
dag of truce that was sent, he accompanied, blind stilij
at died by hi* faithful G.rrnan Ouiou man.
Colouti do Villiete hire mentioned th" fact of General
Wool's re-fusing, aooui this period, to receive any more
digs, owing to the treachery which had been pract s:d,
and but two of the twenty-four ptrsous who had been
ak«-u with the tlig werw accepted. Hecontrived, unob
served, to tcli the captain of the flag party that he rasa
onsOLer, a Union officer, and had assumed blindness as
"i disgtii-'e, and he ,-houli uke him ; but the young offi
,-er he could not understand it, and said he won d
ir.tonn General Wool. He did so; and Wool, being an
ol 1 soldier, comprehended the mutter at once, immedi
ately sending another bout out to fling him ; but it was
too late, for the rebel officer raid it was not worth
while waiting for tie Yankees, and hastened iff —
UwiLglost uis G'rmati guide, Geueral Huger himueil
led hint (the poor old blind mau.) with unaffected
sympathy to the hotel, aud atsured him that he ih uld
go »i h the next fl*g of trues that was »>D^ and he
Srjneral'VuoJkab<rut "tfie old French blind roan that
•anted to go hon e.” Colonil ue Villier* remarked 'hat
G i.eral Huger evi.cid true k n ines* toward* him. You
nar he assured, sa.d he, that it did not take long to
,uuip into a Uniou host. With the ti .g, there were, be
-tides, a i umber of ladies who "left inesuniv South for
the p it pore of goiug Forth to do butiness ” Though h •
was t litid, he c uld see the g.ai ce* they t x changed; and
though old and somewhat Craf, be oouid hear the officers
tell the ladies to learu all they could and come btek with
the information—wishing them much suco-'S*. "It is
surprising what fi .e rpiea they nude ! " When he go',
into s ifts quarters he threw eff his di-guiae and dicrepi
tude—saw and was srong—observing, without surprise
himself, the astonishment of the ladies a', the charge.—
He took care that these ladies, though they went North,
did not go South to reDort.
Iirarptlnn of Overseers,
A correspondent presents rcry strongly the cor aider
ations in favor of exempting over e rt from miltiry
s-.rviee. A* to a gcneial exemption, wo douht if it is
wise aud expedient; in many cose*, it might happen
that it would be belter to exempt the proprietor than
the overseer. Ary geocral rule wotjid operate oppres
sively in particulrr c»se*. As to the partial exemption
ref.rred to It u mtitlrd to more favor, and might be
adopted, if the emergency docs no! arise calling for all,
old pad yoeng, to shoulder their muskets for the com*
woo t„fety.
Jasi aar 8, 186i*
To tha h'Jitor of (he Whig:
The public pt-ce-sitifs justify the exemption pf I’ost
nn-irr-, Bar k c Hi -ers. and K liiroad agents from mifi'sry
i, .a. ....-I—.
turn of ovyrveera upon farms are not equally cogent,
they ns, nevertheless, entitled to much weight, sii ea
hatred of slavery Ur one of the leading mo'ives by which
the Yankees are governed in their a flirts to suf jugate
the Southern State*.
Virginia is the largest slaveholding State in the
Southern Confederacy, and all reasonable precautions
should be used to guard against iusnb ardination on the
par , of the (lives, and to prevent their recap* to our
enemies. B loro this war began, overseers were not
ouly useful, but on mmy estates indispensable At
promt overseers are more nccerea-y than ever. They
are needed to preserve order and to encoiirsge agti.ul
rur al industry. Justice and humanity require that the
slaves be well olothfd and fed, and their happiness will
be pron.o cd by remaining at home, ss heretofore. Our
troupe wall need various repplie*, and many of them will
0-' prodi< d by slave labor. The tax-" arc to he pail
to our Confederate Government, as well as our 8tate
goverum-nt, agricultural products are relied upon
as furnishing ihe means to a large class of society.
1. rarely happats that a mao who in attained the aga>
o' forty live, or lias passed that age, has the vlifily and
tntrgv requisite for d scharging the du ies of an over
seer, and hence th» place occupied by the prcecut over
seer* cannot be well aapplisd by tbesi now exempt from
pjili’aiy service on a.count of the r ago.
some overseers hove volunteered ami entered the
army since May last, and the number of eempetint aud
ijf»--<ul overseers !-it behind •* «'< adtijnatt tothi da
Maud. I have hastily ar.d lprb£y referred to some of
tbs rraio :» wb'cb, I ibink, will tally authorial the prrS'
cut largislstnre in providing for the rtnrption of them
from militaiy scribe d,uiog the present war. ff, bow
evar, the Legidature ahoidi not be witling to exempt
all of those uow acting in that character, so»e should he
exempt. This i who arc overveers of estates owned by
m.nois. by unmanled ladies, and uou-rrsident (Virginia
or S iithe'ro) propiblors, should not becallrd away trom
tiiea. poo'*- The impropriety of this will read ly occur
to every'nfecvtlng a.ml iutclligent mind familiar with
our system of agricultural a,,d fh« character of our pj| •
uUtiou.
The 1'dil of February.
Tits Augusta (Ga I Chronlrh ami Smtintl thinks i
would be ntlaU£ (o calibrate the approaching 221 of
February with more ttiiu v#nai« observat cev, say.ng :
“Thu, the anniversary of Wastir.gtj.'.’u birth, ha* si
wavs bean observed by our people ai a holiday, a. far ".*
wrap soewtoiucd to’ observe any holidays Thor* is
more aeuoen ti ai ever that this approichi' g 22 1 of Feb
ruary should U cbyorved by the people of the South. It
is not only the atini*kii»iy’ cf the birthday of him, who
dared all and risk d all to tree the American people from
the tyranny of British tule, and who, »pre he living
now, would have bceu ss z alous and disinterested in
liberating LI* fellow couoirv men from a tyranny dill
more d!s<raccful cud cppieasire, but the day is to be
anil more tm-momMy ilgnalixe-f, ar, in < If ct, tho b rth
dar of our new Republic. O.i that day are to be inaugu
rated its highest t-seoulive t flic are, lor the (Ht’ileie <1 'Ct
ed by the people; on that day our new Gonetitution is
to go into effect, and the Congress upon whose wisdom
our future welfare it to depend aeiume* its powers.
From the Law er Talley.
Capt. Jordan, of the Page Cavalry, brought to thia
city Thursday night, twenty p-iaoners of wa- captured
by Gen. Jackson’s command We learn from Capt. J.
that the late operations of Gen. Jackson ia Berkeley
oounty have b:en important and entirely successful. Not
only were the enemy drivtn out, but the railroad, its
bridges sad tunnel were put In euch a oondition aa to
settle tho question for a long time to come whether the
enemy can make any uaa of that work. In addition,
large quantities of army supplies were captured—more
indeed than could ba brought away, and these including
oeffee and salt were destroyed. We also learn from
Capt. J. that Romney was evacuated Friday night last
by the enemy in a regular panic, they having been sum -
peded by Cup!. Sheets aod some twenty-odd of his
troopers. They left nesrly all their stores, including
several thousand barrels of flour, which will be turned
to good account. Capt. Sheets entered tho town on the
he' is of the eight thou aid fljing restate, but m?:oifully
declined to pursue them !
The following is from the Winchester R< publican of
pesterday:
The news of the fright and flight of the Yankees from
Romney, bas doubtless reached our readers, hut for the
benefit of those who may not have learned the particu
lars, we will give the following account ss communicated
to us: On Friday eight last, information was received
by Gen. Lander, in command of the Federal forces at
Romney, estimated at 6 000, that Gar. Jackson was on
the mareb in that direction. Insiart orders were given
to prepare for his reception, but euch was the panic and
alarm into which the entire army was thrown, that in
stant li ght Wes ordered, to tava them from mutiny and
the dreaded “Stone WaV which was said to bj ei.com
passing tin m around about. In their baste to leave,
many of their valuable stores fell into our possession.—
Amongst other things, 400 ten’s, 1,000 overcoats, all of
their pupats, accounts, Aa., Aa., besides a considerable
lot of provisions—flour, beet, bacon and groceries. Tho
flight took place before our 'roots were in a dav'a march
at the place. Upon their flight, tboy are said to have
destroyed a largo amouut of private properly upon their
route; the North River Mi ll are said to have been all
destroyed. Kamney it no* held by a fuflL'ient number
of our t roc pi to insute its safety against any surprise of
the vandals.
The t Initiator.
We iofer from a publication ia the Knquirtr of yes
terday morning, that some patriotic ciliaeu has been
linking himself uueasy about the acoouut published
ia this paper some weeks ago relative to the “Gladia
tor,” her wheretbtute, cargo, Ac. If the writer bad
been ft reader of the newspapers, or had t-icic sed a lit
tle n fl'-ctian, be would l ave spared himself all solicitude
by concluding that the Il'Aiy’a nc joiut could not put the
enemy in possession ot any fact they were not already
acquainted with. Full and minute particulars concern
!- . .La ami ilfti’inafinn rtf thrt “feUrliafOf” hitll
be -u furnished tho Liueoln government, and published
in the Northern pipers, by Mr. George Francis Train, lie
fore that vessel left tho Thames, and, in consequence of
the information, tho U. 8. gunboat “Flambeau’’ had
been scot to Nutsau for the express purpose of inter
cepting her. At the tinn the particulars were given by
us, the “Flambeau" was lying in sight of the “Gladiator"
and knew all about her. Under thea.- citcumstanoee, the
A’ny Hirer's contributor would have shown more judge
ment if he had withheld the supetfluons and splenetic
display of bis sense of prudence.
Lute .\evvw
The Norfolk Day back of yesterday states that Liu
coin's Secretary ot War has resigned, and has been
succeeded by K M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania. Came
ron, it is said, has been tendered the mission to Russia,
from* ich hr perbor»au pcs'. Oass'.ua M. Clay has bteu
r.-called, for the purpose of ukiag a military command,
poosibiy nothing lesa toau the baton of McCUUau bin
self.
Iu regird to affairs abaft Old Point, the Day Jltok
says:
ITp *» W.f.p-.I fi-rj c’aUuk rest si -Ur af'ernoon, thir
tv'u arg-* stcem transports bid Utt Old Point, filled
with rroepe, and proc eded to sea. This is no part of
the Ournsrue expedition, the vessels composing that ex
pedition havirg sii ed on Sundry.
About 11 o'clock iu the niori ing the large transport
Co stitutiou arrived at the Point, and landed a Urge
number of troeps
The Pensacola, which ran the blockade on tbs Poto
rase, strived in the Roads on Tue dsy. She rt.fibred,
apparent!*, no irjnry (rein the shells which were thrown
at her. Two frigates and two sloops arc also iu the
Roads.
(ti lt, yinr.tial l’» Victory in Kentucky.
The Abingdon 1’iryiwum, of yesterday, brings the fol
lowing cortirmaliou of the reported victory of the for
ces under Gen. Uuisphrey Marshall:
A couticr.arrived a. this plica on Tuesday evrning
las:, Irom Pound Gap, bringieg information of a birtle
having bsi u fought mar Prcstotisburg, Ky.,ou Friday
last, the 10th icst, between the Confederate forces un
der Gen. Marshal1, and the Federal fotces under a Gen.
Moore. Gen. Mr shall'* forces engaged did trot exceed
fif.een bundled, (Col. Trigg’s regiment otlog held in re
serve,) while that oi thecuemy report*) 1 at from six to
ten thousand. Our forces repulsed tee enemy three
tint s wiih a reported loss on tiieir side t f 400 killed.—
(Jjr loss some 15 or killed and wounded. CoL A. 0
Moore, of the lil)lh H giment Va. Volunteers, ie report
ed to have deported hiw-*lf vrry pallanlly, as didal'O
his men. lie lost some !> or ti of bis men killed and
several wounded.
Grit. Marshall reeds and must have additional aid iu
the way of reitilotcemcnts from the Government, nr he
will be over p>owen d and c omptllcd to fall back to Pound
Gap or to this place.
Simon Cameron.
P!_r.wiair n Itwd wsSlKrlraati rtr heffii MniiVAil Irom
the GorilU cabinet. \Ee losa & great deal by it. He
«•*, perhaps, the moat latitodinona and ompreheoeive
thief in Yaokeedom—and that i* faying a great deal
Under hie management, I.ncolu’a money ti-w about like
dry learm in a hurricane He did not quit, bonereii
t.ll all the money woe gone. Oar CoDgrc.a should gite
him a vote cf thank*.
n Altai Ei>,
OnTuerdiy morning the 14 h In it, In the county of Ivle of
Wight, tv the Rev J<4. A. Duncan, of the Richmond uhH tlan Ad
vocate. • l.s r L* I V J , daughter of Charles D and fraud .laugh
ter of funnel P. JorJaa, fc q , to WM. W. PaHK {R, M, D.,of
Rlehmoud.
DIED,
On Paturday, January 1 Ith, In Pttersburg, at tic ri si Jcncc of Dr.
Thomas Withers In the eleventh year of his age, EDMUelD, seconJ
»oaof Clara end Rev Klmtnd Witheri
Sare th»* well, my drvr I Ul? aon ! your delight while living on
earth, wav to lldnk and sprak of Ueasen. and the angels and tut
Saviour new,your y< ungsoul fiidl influlte pltaiure in the j rev*
etc* of yror tl«ia?d Saviour.
fRIBOTKO; RkflPICC?.
On 'he motion of W W Cosby, S member of Uje b.,r, who I
announced to the Court the death of Jfii.n Robust Miher. late De
puty Clerk of th'a Court, In an lmp*e»a ve add****, in whlth be
|iaid an appropriate and eloquent tribute t > the character an i
memory of tie dveaiel; the fo'lowlng proceedings of a publl •
meeting, hel I this .Ur, tu the C urt II.-.use, to give ripr ration to i
the f *eiu.gs«f this Court and Is c (Beers, the m embers of the bar, (
and the people of the county generally, sn receiving *he tnninfui
Intd lgmce of that aorrowful event, were uianimously ordered to 1
be spread upon the mlcutts of the Orurt
ai a meeting cf the cojuty court 01 tlooehland, l's < flierra. the ,
m nbert of Ui- ha*, nod the people of tr.e county generally, held
aVt^c Oocrt Dense uf said county, ©a the i6lh day of December, '
Ml, t'e following resolutions were s ffjrtd and unanimously adop- I
: i
1st Resolved, th** t; te geo ethst has reached us since
the las' monthly t*rn of tfts Court, of th* d:ath of our young
friend, Jehu K Miller, the Deputy i ra o'tm» oountr. atd at the
bate o: his lea’b a member of Captain Walter U l.iake's Oo spa- |
ny of Artillery, from this eocn:y. and now In the service o’the
0. nfederaie Males, has filled the hearts of the people of this com
inanity w.tli pain l>4 rr w
•J1 Res.) ved, That we deeply feel t**e loss which we and the f
wh.t'-e country nas ‘Uitalnrd Inthesarly death .of vhe I'eceas-d, .
sn I that we sincerely sympathise In the severe sill ct> n to which
f,L : U «vcd parents, brothers and sisters have be n thireby sub- 1
cited ”
:ti Resolved. That in thy death < f Jwhn R. Miller, a young man |
of basinets habits. I l|h mor»i chars Her, great Integrity and pro*
raise, a patriot and soldier, has been taken iroc u< and from our 1
D-:ov*d couutiy, In this her day of trial; and that thla me ancho’y I
jppensitien fu nlshss additional evidence of tne mysterious deaf- ]
Inirsof a Wise Protl ence.
4th. Revolved, Tnat w« w>il we*r the usua* b»<l*e of mourning
*i evidence ef our retpec;; jr the m -roory uf the deceased. 1
ftth. Received, Thatihis* proo*e(llngi l e c tmmunloated to the |
Jour: new la arislon, with Jhe re meat that they hciprtadop<n (
he Rec >rdi of the court. and Ut at a aopy be furniahe 1 to the faml
v of the deceased, and also to the editors of t‘>e RKhtmr.d news
mpera, who are litrecy respectfully requested to p.bilsh them In j
heir respective pipers j
6th. belo ved, that as a futhtr token of respect fur the memo
y of t’e deceased this court do cow adjcuro
A Copy—Tts*. _WM. MtLI.Kt, P. C. C
soTiev. . , 1
AT a twee !"• of the Banks of this city, held at the Farmers i
Bsnk of * Ivgin a, on Thmi lay, the 16 h instant It wu uavn j
Qousiv revolvg! that iRe nous «>» tne U-;,t o; t*!tliyiv*ni* thould ^
»e received aid paid out by them
jAiS-it J. B. MACMPRDO tscay. i
1)0 UHCOUlSTf.-U C*rko/»MttriaUlc ML tor Nta b| ‘
. jalS AT. SrOMAOO. I
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SENATE.
Friday, Jin. 17th, 1S6S.
The Senate met at 12 o'clxk. Prayer by Re». Dr.
8xit.iv, of the Baptist Church.
A communication from the Ilouae of Delegatee was
received, informine the Senate of the concurrence of the
House in certain bi la, with amendmenta. The etneod
mait* to the bill to koorporate the Danville Manufactu
ring Company were agreed to.
rxforts raoM noinin.
Various House bills, heretofore referred to r'andiog
commiiteee, were reported, and placed on the (a'er.dar.
Ilr. DOUGLAS, 1'iom 'he Committee of Mdiu y Af
fair.*, preaented a report asking to be discharged from
the further consideration of a resolution relative to tbo
more equitable apportionment of pay between the off.
corn and privates of vclu-teer companies, on the giouid
that the subject was one within the control of the Col*
federate Government. The report was concurred In.
MttOLniOl or IKyCIRV.
On motion of Mr. JOHNiON, the Committee of Roads
was iuatiucted to inquire into the expediency of pro*
Tiding for the connection of the Rtcbmnod and Dan*
ville and Richmond and York R ver Railioads, through
the city of Richmond.
hills rassiD.
The following Senate bills were taken up and passed:
To smeid section 11 of chapter liiS of ibe Code of
Virginia in relaticn to the removal of the lucords and
pnpirs of Courts.
Exempting from tsxa'ion the sral of Courts attached
to papers or records tor the neovery of the wagis or
other dues of deceased soldiers, aud to refund the tax
hcretolore paid.
Providing for the appointment of additional clerks in
the office ot the Auditor of Public Accounts.
To provide temporary warehouses for tobacco.
Tv amend the Code so os to provide for a clerk in the
Adjutant General’s Office.
Tin vourHTiia roacs.
A series of resolutions from the House of Delegate-’,
relative to the re-enlistment of the volunteer forers of the
Su e, were read and concurred in.
RAILROAD COHKICriONS.
A communication irorn the House was received, in*
foiming the Seoatc of tbu passage of a bill to provide
for a railroad rounec’.iou between Manassas and some
point near Fredericksburg.
Mr. TALIFKKRO moved that the 8enate proceed to
tin- conaidei ation of the bill forthwith, and submitted let
ters from Generals Johnston and Beauregard, urging the
construction of the read. After remark* by several mem
b*r>, the b II was advanced to a *ccoud reading, and te
fe: red to the Committee of Roads.
TUR MILITARY BILL.
The Senate theu proceeded to the consideration of the
Military hill, iu secret sessiou. [The- proposition submit
ted, yesterday, by Mr. Dotunas, to organize In,000
*' Minute Men,” »a* rt jected J
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Thur«oay, Jan. Id, 1862.
I lie House met ai ic octoct, *. rrayer oy aev. n»r.
Moori.
On motion of Mr. Anderson, of Botetourt, the Clerk
lead the bill just reported by the Military Committee,
entitled “An tat to organizr tlk. Slate troops and volun
teers of Virginia.” Tne bill was ordered to its second
reading.
Mr. TOMI.IN offered a substitute with a view to have
it p-iuted.
Oa motiou of Mr. 8HEFFEY, the bill was read a se
cond time.
Mr. TOMLIN’S substitute was also read, and the House
then agreed 10 lay the bill and substitute on the table,
and fixed Tuesday n<xt lor its consideration.
Mr. COLLIER offered a resolution, instructing the
Committee on Finance to inquire if any additional legis
lation is necessary to enforce the collection of public
dues from collectors in dieloyal districts of this State.
The SriaKXk appo tiled the following special commit
tee on <he part of the House to examine into the civil
and military expenditures of the Commonwealth : —
Mestr*. Divts, of Amherst, Tyler, Riddick, Hopkins, An
dersen, ot Rxkbridge, Nelson, of Fiuvanns, and Ewing.
One o'clock laving ariiA-d, the Srxaxsa announced
toe order of the day, which was the consideration ot tho
proposed substitute to the stay law.
Mr. FORBES asked the pia'pcuemcct of the tubject
that h might Le made tho oulrr of the day for Mouday
next.
On motiou of Mr. HUNTER, the bill to connect lie
Maus.-sas Gap Ra road and Winchester and Potomac
Railroad, b ‘tween Strasbnr; and Wine! as:-r, was made
tb>‘ order > f the dty for Saturday nextat 12 o'clock.
Toe bill to connect the Orange and Ai xmdria and
Mausias G ip Riilroad and the Rcomond, Frederick ■
burg and Potomac Railroad, was amended, on motion
of Mr Fomixs, and theu ordered to be engrossed.
The bill to incorporate the Danvile Manufacturing
Company was pawed.
The CLERK read a communication from R H. Mia
uv and others, delegates to the recent Southern Com
m rcial Convention a'. Macon, presenting certain docu
ments, which were referred to the Committee on Courts
of Ja t'er.
Mr NEWTON, of Westmoreland, offered a reriee of
reeo'uliona eulogistic and approvatcry of the conduct of
the Virginia vounteers in the field, and requesting them
to re enlist in the service of the Confederacy. On mo
tion ot Mr. R. ii sms vs, of Richmond, the resolutions
we>e la’d over oue day.
Tae bill fo remunerate A. F. Hayman, Attorney for
the Commonwealth, wts passed.
The bill to amend and te enact sec. 13tb, of chap
421, ot Code ot Virginia, (Code of i860.) "so as to more
effectually regulate the salts of real estate undtr > xtcu
lions in favor Of the Commonwealth,” was pawed.
Tho bill to iuccrp'rate the Virginia Anthracite Coal
and Iren Company, (of the counties of Rockingham and
Pendleton.) we< ptsitd
Mr. KEMPER (Mr. Com.hr in the "hair) off red the
following preamble and re solution, in reference lo the
death of Hon. 0. M. Crutchfield, late Speaker of the
Bouse cf Delegates.
The lamented death of fl.ear M. Crutchfield, for many
years the Speaker of this House, (.avlcg (incurred du
ring the rec'ss of the legislature, and be being a mem
ber, at tbs time of Ids d 'ath, of the General Awemb:y
fit m the county of Spolsvleania, it Is proper that an en
dining mttk of respect fur hit memory be entered upon
lov ju irnii oi me nou>o.
That bis dece ase is deeply mourned by his former a'*
■ociates and friends need cot be repeated now j it w*a
upon every lip aul sincerely felt in every heart, when it
was first seen in the pu' iic prints.
That he was a useful business member, representing
f.i’.'jfully his county and the best interests of the Com
cunweslth, his career in the House will fully attest.—
No one will withheld from him the meed of praise, aa an t
uptight, CO ecientiotis, impsrM) presiding officer, ilia ,
uibtuity and geucrouj disposition, and high toned geu
dewtnly depor'ment, won for bint the rcrpect of all. In '
nis cocttly in- filled imnortant public trusts, and retained 1
o bis death the co .fiti.-r.co of the people, tho kind re- I
;atd of his neighbors, and the ardmt devotion of per- |
tonal friends. In the councils of the State, his name ap
se trs as one of the honor, d among many illustrious 1
tames, and will continue to be bonortd on the page of 1
tis'ory. l
K' solved unanimously, That a copy of this testimony ,
o Ut worth and public services be forwarded, by the .
Speaker of the Hot s', to his family as a memento of bis
rirtuce. 1
Mr. KEMPER prefaced lha reading of the resolutions I
with the following touching Irihuto to the memory of tbe ,
leceasod;
SSZAKIR kkkll ia’s aiMARaS. ,
I propose to filer a tesiimon-al of respect to the mem
try of Oscar Minor OrctCWMCLD, for many years a ■
lislioguished member of ibis body, and for a long pc- 1
io 1 of lime presiding < flieer of the House of D -legit. 8. i
t it true that such resolutions might, and pou-ibly engl.t
o have been, presented a’, an eailer day; bstth-ir
dop-i.tn tow m-.y serve to show that tho honored name *
o which such a t’ibutr is thus paid, is held all the more '
irmly in the memory ol the country and of this House. ;
Mr venerable fr end departed this life since the last ,
e-ttion of the House of Delegates, and at the time of
.is death was a member ol this body. I am, ft r one,
inwilling that proper tesilnonials of respect to a d< • '
etsed a socials, so habitually o served on similar occc- c
ions by tbe House, shall ba whol y overtasked or omit* 8
ed now, under ci-cumstances which show them te bo ,
aore than ordinarily appropriate and deserved.
The sutj.ct of this notice was peculiarly honored and *
is oved in hia own community, for a loug period of years u
s presiding jusOpeof the county of Spotsylvania. As ^
•presents ive, citizen, neighbor, husband, father, friend,
ie was cherished in the hearts of those who knew him 8
ieet, with a pride, t il.ction and devotion which, pet- f
ap*, arc the crowning rewards of t life of usefulness,
nd which few public teivint* are so forlunste as, in like j
icasure, to secure.
Ho beearne a member of the House of Delegates io th« 8
ear 1834 His cervices in this body was honorably prc. ti
routed over a period of more than a quarter of a cm. j,
ary. For ten jtari he presided over the drtibfration!
f tb s body, winning unanimous resrlutions of approval
rent each successive House, for tbe skill, impartiality *
nd ft feluy wherewi b be discharged the duties of h a p
onilion He was brought up at the feet of that gecera- f
ion of Virginia statesmen long since pasted sway,
'be adorn, d, what some repate to have been, tbe gol.
eu age of the old Commonwealth ; that illustrious era of b
robiiy, purity ted Bf leador, which draw to ita close aj i
the Tic* of Puritan politics invaded our society, dese
crated oar Conetitatioa and polluted our lave. B. i C»
r.er maoifeeted much of the apirit of that era. In
all tie relatione of li'e, he was the V rgioia geutlemt n ot
tue old 8cbool. So j talou* and ectupu'oa* of the t igbl
•a* be, in discharging the dotie* of hit office, that the
mental prooeeeei were moit laborioua and even pat: ful,
by which ha (ought to aa-ure him**If of the impar'niity
of hie dec sioca, and ibe rectitude cf his actions N if. re
never moulded a mau who exhibited, in all tbs w*la- - f
life, a more delicate or elevated sense of honor K *
spirit lifted him abova the semblance of impurity a t i
wrong, and it shrank from stain even more than a woui .1
All admired tile quaiiiios cf a hear: winch ova-flow.\t
widi teneibility, and abounded with the gentle i ff otio a
and traces of lbs spirit Often have 1 beard hiui id dr. t <
this Bouse upon otxaiKUJ associated wuh some per-o t'
iffl ction, or preceediuga seperat on from his tri.liIs, > t
ti e dt-aoluiion of the b-dy over which he presided. Oi
iten occasion* the public cfficer was absubed and lost
in the mao ; for, in the fullness of but (motions, bis hi a ■
e- r i quid it le spoke, and bis eyes became lountaiut
of t tderntas sad tears.
ii, audJ the catalogue of bis virtues night be die
teraed the tract s ot foibles, let i'. be rem-tuber* d t at
they were foibles wbicb, iu some one or other of tbeir
pro tan form*, will ever lie the inevitable ccmpanions cf
cur common bumuni v. T..ey were relieved and edipred
by the gathered iigit of maty toble deeds and mibly
virtues; and in him tt«y served to illudrate a solemn,
truth, to remiad us that none are exempt from the great
dectee which mfjec's ns to a probationary alruggle with
infittnity bare, in which good may subdue evil, and vir
tue overmaster temptation, as the tills to an immottaln *
ol aereuer and purer bfc.
Bad an overruling ProvideDcs permitted him to fe
hold the oaUuitties of war which now darkle around i s,
and try tbc soul* of the att men men, none would bav..
mot tiiem with a spirit more erect or with moie ol tho
pairiotiam and fortitude which aigualii -d our great foie
fathers—the heroes of the olden time. Ic-t the root* I
to be drawn from a review of the good man’* l.fo s* i»«
to teach us, that far above the sordid and Dieting pin
sions and interests and ambitions of the boar, tbi rejs n
lof.ier atmosphere of life, an empyrean height ol pair!- •
otHtu, from which alone can be drawn the inspirations
which are to guide us gloriou-ly through the terrors at ii
trials of the strife,
The speaker was followed by Mr. ANDKKSON, of i
Botetourt, iu the same ft cling strain, aul tlio re«olulio .s
then pssrrd unanimously. Alter which tLo House a!- •
jauraed. _
A CARIJ FROM BUIQ. GEN. MrClTLLOOH.
To tht Editor of Ihi Wkiq :
In your issue of yesterday there ii a cotumcnica ion
signed J. W. Tucker, in answer to which I think prope r
to make the following reply, which you .will plea&o .1*0
a place in yoar paper.
Vour correspondent saya: “With the exception of the
battlo of Springfield, not a sword has been drawn for the
rsleaae of Mia>ouri, except by her owu sons." On tie
4th of July, Genera! Pearce, of Atkarsas, and myscll,
with ail the forces we could command, entered Miasmifi,
inarched to aid the Governor of the State in cutting l.ts
way through bis enemies, capturing over cne hundred
•tuck Colonel Siegel with bin whole command.
So much for hi-i first assertion.
He further says, speakirg of the battle of Oak Hit's :
" Tne Confederate commander was asked for the as ’st
ance of three regiments to pnrrue a defeated and di or
ganized foe, when 7.<XXl men and #1,000.000 worth ol
property were within our reach, but Gen. Prioe aski d
in vain." Immediately after the bitttle was over, and,
in tratb, before all my forces bad returned from the
pursuit of the enemy, orders were issued lor the wound
el to be brought from the battle-field, the dead to be
bared, and the army to be ready to march a.'Wr
the enemy that night.
We did rot t-arcb, for the want of amrnuni jen
S veral of my cUlcers inform-d m - (when they heard
the order) that some of their men had fired their la-|
oirtridge at the enemy, as we had only tw-in't five
r mods to the man before the battle began, and no more
w-tbtn hundreds of miles. After a conference with
U-ueral Price, it was thought best to let well enough
a'one. As to being asked foe three regiments, I bate
no recollection of any inch request.
So much for his second accusation.
Now lor his .third complaint, in which he wishes (o
convey the idea that I had not, nor would not, aid Mis
sion with a man, a gun, or a percussion cip, and that I
would not even protect Missouri from the Kansas J*v
hawkers.
At the time Gen. Pearce, ml Arkansas, and myself ur-t
entered Missouri, cu the 4 h of July, we loaned Genera*
Price some sia hundred and fifteen muskets. When pur
frroes formed a junction at Cisevilie, Col. H bsrt, of
l-ouieiana, at my request, loaned a Missouri cdicer a'tcul
one hundred mqstet#. ( have eryera', times nocc gi* n
the Missouri ins the last cap I could sp are f.-om ay 9* a
command. I.at those ettiuers say bow many of their
muskets wero returned. General Pearce, I teemed, e
covered ten, whilst Col. H bert was only able to pet a
portion'of those he loaned.
Be-idoe, it is a well known fact, that the arms of cor
dead and wounded were takea from the battle field, nor
did weget any of the small arms left by the enemy.
As to theKa-.sas Jayhswkers, and our inglorious idle
ness! My mounted men gave protection to ti e whole
sountry on the borders ol Missouri for one hundri d
m-les North of the Arkansas line, item immediately after
the battle of Oak Hdls, until iu October, when G-n«p\*
Price retreated from Lexington to that section ol ta:
vUite. •
So much for these change®.
It will bp ritpembprdd tba'. I was aligned fo the c m.
nand of the Indian Territory, wi-h orders to dife; d U
rum invasion from any quarter; cons-quenlly, my pur
icipatinn in the battle at Oak Hills was upon my < wo
•esponsibility, with a reliance of being sustained by my
awn government.
As to my men ck&fiicg, like a eagt-J lion, to join tbe
Missourians, I must say this is new to me. It might bo
tupposrd tho Lousi&na regiment was rxrcedingiy sn
QUJ la match, exposed to tbe tun and rain, with m< n
lovored with ninety-live tents taken from themselves by
irJer nf a Missouri General. Th.ss tents had tho extra
lothing ol tbe men rolled in them,aud were store<l with a
ueicbaulin Oaseville.at the time we marched upon Spring"
ield, and were taken out of his posse siion by order o!
irig. Gen. I’irsou#, conveyed on the same road with t! at
egimo.it and not a word of them or thtir CO' tents inn -
•oned to me atorwaidi by any Mi<srmrUu. If this wa i
tot enough to make that gallant Louisiana regitccr-t
hale like a caged lion to go with Geu. Price, th»y cry
ad to refer to bis oiBcial report of the tattle of Oat
Idle, to see how coap'e'ely th -y have heou deprive*: ; y
ho glory of ukiag Col. helgers battle, which they did
d the polut of tho bayojot.
As to the troopi from A, kansu, they were likely to
‘chafe I ke the a caged Uou,” because they wrr* i ■ t
lermitted to go with their country rill js and shot gu:.«,
aid boo bow they handled tho muskets they htd her.
owed and would not return.
Then there are the Texisn I “They chafed lilt a
aged lion,” because they could not have aa opprrtutii y
f captaring another fi-g and piece of artillery, to h- »|.
ropriated by tbs Missourians, whilst they,(the Telia ,)
rcrc continuing to pursue the enemy.
Pcrhspj all these gallant men were likely to “ ch t o
ks a caged Hod," b cun-e they could no: march w. b
ten who took po-scs-ion ol terry mi.l and every black
ni:h shop, in the surrounding country, and at the *att j
me plac’d a guard over every store "in Sprirgfisl/,
iking what thc» contained, and applying it to heir «>v #
se , thu] depriving these men of the chance of gattu g
change of linen, a pound of bread staffs, or a Ur**
rod, uot I after their wants were rupplied. Igr. stir
•artbe rffjrt of Mr. J. W. Tuokrr, to disparage the pal
nt soldiers of Lruieiaua, Arkar.su and T< xos, suu to
sprive them of their jas: snare of the glory of the battle
tOak Hills, will aid lit l to the g»cd fe,lmg whith ever
■ire patriot should dr sire to ace prevail among the acid -
rs of the d tf rent Salat at this tim;.
I have not thought proprr heretofore 10 notice any of
ic misrcpresentatiot s going the rounds of tho is vi
pers. First, because they lad r.o rerpmsibla end r
■r, and secondly, bcctuse i bop-d for the sike of fcvr
louy in • common oause, that there should be no wn
r words among ourccives, when tbff enemy ware to la
aet with tbe sword.